Conveyer-bucket.



A. E. ELLIOTT.

CONVEYER BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED 050.17. 1913.

1 .153375, PatentedSept. 14, 1915.

Attorneys ALONZO E. ELLIOTT, OF RAYMOND, WAfiH-IINGTON.

oonvnrnn-noonnr.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented se t. re, rare.

Application filed December 17, 1913. Serial No. 807,295.

To all whom if; may concern Be it known that I, ALoNzo E. ELLIOTT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Raymond, in the county ofPacific and State of Washington, have invented a new and usefulConveyer-l3ucket, of which the fol- Y lowing is a specification.

The present invention appertains to con. veyer flights, and aimsprimarily to provide a novel and improved flight attachable to aconveyor chain, in order to be carried then with along a trough or racefor conveying various materials.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a conveyer flightof such unique or peculiar construction as to enable it to be attachedto the link of a conveyer chain in a simple and 'eflicient manner, andto render the flight most eflective when the conveyor chain is actuated.

With the foregoing general objects outlined, and with other objects inview, which will be apparent as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the present invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of con struction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved flight as applied to a conveyerchain. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the flight, parts thereof being brokenaway. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the flight, the several partsthereof being separated.

The improved flight is designed for attachment to a conveyor chain Cworking within a trough or race T, fragments of which are illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2, it being understood that the conveyor chain 3 is trainedover suitable sprockets,' and that the trough or race T may be ofany'extent for the conveyance of the various materials from one point toanother. The conveyer chain embodies a plurality of interengaging ovalor elliptical links, and a plurality of the flights are attached atintervals to certain of the chain links so as to work within the troughor race T.

Coming to the improved flight, the same the conveyor chain, and having arearwardly projecting head or lug 2 intermediate its ends. The lug orhead 2 projects from the back of the body 1, while the other side of theblock 1 forms the face which on gages the material within the trough orrace. Reinforcing ribs or webs 3 connect the lug or head 2 and the endportions of the back of the body 1. One half or end portion of the body1 is relatively wide, as at 4, and the corresponding half ofthe lug orhead 2 is of the same width, or has its top and bottom faces flush withthe top and bottom of the portion a of the body. The enlarged portion 5of the lug or head 2 provides opposite shoulders Sat the butt end of thereduced portion, whichare grooved, as at 7. The other half or endportion of the body 1 is relatively narrow, as at 8, and thecorresponding half of the lug or head 2 is of the same width, as at 9.The faces of the reduced end portion or half 8 of the body 1 are flat inorder to snugly engage within the sides of a chain link when the reducedportion is inserted through one of the links of a conveyer chain, and inorder that the sides of the link will be partially received by thegrooves 7 of the shoulders 6. The face of the body 1 is provided with aslight groove or recess 10, and the back of the lug or head 2 isprovided with a similar groove or recess 10, the grooves or recesses 10being adapted to receive the adjoining ends of the chain links engagingthat link through which the body is inserted.

' In connection with the body 1, there are employed two plates or bars11 adapted to rest against the top and bottom of the reduced half or endportion 8 of the body, flush with the top and bottom of the enlargedportion 4- of the body. The elongated plates or members 11 are providedat their inner ends with the enlargements 12 adapted to rest against thetop and bottom of the half 9 of the head or lug 2, the enlargement 12 orinner ends of the plates 11 being provided with the grooves 13complementing the grooves 7 of the lug or head. The grooves 13 areadapted to partially receive the sides of the chain link through whichthe reduced portion of the body is inserted, and the grooves 13cooperate with the grooves 7 of the shoulder 6,-to completely embracethe sides of the links.

Those faces of the plates or members 11 which contact with the section 8of the body 1, are provided with lugs 14: engageable in sockets orrecesses 15 provided in the top and bottom of the section 8. The section8 of the body and the section 9 of the head 2,

are provided with openings or apertures 16, registering with similarapertures 16 pro- 1 vided in the plates 11 and their enlarge ments 12,rivets or other securing members 17 being securable through theapertures 16 to clamp the plates 11 against the section 8 of the body.The plates or members 11 are chain, until the grooved shoulders6 engagethe side portions of the link, in which event,

the members 11 are applied to the body. In applying the members 11, thegrooves 13 of the enlargements 12 are engaged with the side portions ofthe respective link of the chain, and the members 11 are then swungagainst the section 8 of the body, in order 7 that the lugs 1% willengage the sockets 15 of the said section, to lock the members 11against displacement. The members 11 will be flush throughout with thebody 1 and its lug or head, so as to provide a smooth and unencumberedflight. After the members 11 have been applied to thefsec- 7 tion 8 ofthe body, rivets or other securing members 17 are engaged through theregistering apertures 16 of the members 11 and the section 8 of the bodyto securely clamp the said parts together. The entire flight structurewill thus be perfectly rigid, and will be rigidly secured to therespective link of the conveyer chain, it being ob- Gopies of thispatent may he obtained for five cents served that the adjoining links ofthe chain will engage the depressions 10 in order to lock the flightagainst longitudinal movement upon the conveyer chain. The engagement ofthe chain links in the depressions 10 is slightly exaggerated in Fig. 1.As the conveyer chain is actuated, the flight is adapted to work ortravel with the trough or race T, as is usual in devices of thischaracter, the present flight being adapted to pass over the sprocketwheels, without the liability of throwing the conveyer chain off of thesprockets.

The present device may be readily and quickly applied to the conveyerchain, and after its application to the chain, it is not liable to slipor become displaced. The present device being constructed of malleablecastings, and eliminating entirely wooden parts, will have a long life,as well as carrying out the desired functions in an efiicient manner. Itis to be understood that the present flight may be constructed invarious sizes for application to various conveyer chains, and for use invarious sizes of troughs or races.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is A conveyerflight including a body having a reduced portion and opposite shouldersat the butt end of the reduced portion, the faces of the reduced portionbeing flat to snugly engage within the sides of a chain link, theshoulders being grooved to partially receive the sides of the link, andplates secured to the faces of the reduced portion flush with therespective portions of the body, the inner ends of theplates beinggrooved to partially receive the sides of the link and cooperating withthe aforesaid grooves to embrace the sides of the link.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALONZO E. ELLIOTT. l/Vitnesses:

MARTIN C. WELSH, DALE ELLIOTT.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

